The Shadowlands of Conduct: Ethics and State Politics

Preface 1. Setting the Stage: Legislative Ethics and the Process of Ethics Reform 2. Three Case Studies: Initial Explanations of Ethics Reform Failure and Success 3. Ethics Laws in the Pre-Watergate Period, 1954-72: Early Innovation in Regulating Legislative Conflicts of Interest 4. Watergate and Beyond: Ethics Reform Moves Forward, 1973-96 5. The Mostly Toothless Tiger: The Authorization of Independent Ethics Commissions, 1973-96 and Beyond 6. Ethical Self-Regulation and Its Limitations Appendices A. Appendix to Chapter 1 and General Appendix for 1996 Ethics Index B. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 3 C. Regression Tables for Chapter 3 D. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 4 E. Regression Tables for Chaper 4 F. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 5 G. Regression Tables for Chapter 5 Notes References Index